[CentOS] Kernel Errors Present...

Wed Jan 12 22:16:24 UTC 2011
John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>

> In the BIOS I turn DMA off for /dev/hda and /dev/hdc,
> but they still show up in /proc/ide/.../settings as
> using_dma 1.


say HUH?    IDE PIO modes are like 3-7 MBytes/sec and require 100% CPU 
utilization during the transfer phase.   why in dogs name would you be 
doing this in 2011 ?